puck_lo (at) yahoo.com
Work Experience
Freelance /Contractor
2011 – present
I write and produce radio for various outlets. I consult, teach, research and edit.
I’ve produced and sound engineered documentaries and newscasts for Free Speech Radio News. I helped DataCenter put together their 2013 Research Justice Academy. I worked for Intersection for the Arts, teaching video to youth in East Oakland and documenting the process. I just wrapped up an 8-week video workshop for women living and organizing at San Francisco residential hotels. I’m editing an oral history project involving more than 40 hours of interviews with members of ACT UP Philadelphia.
Writer/ Administrator
CorpWatch
September 2012 – June 2013
- Write articles and blogs
- Conduct research for long and short-term projects and reports
- Maintain CorpWatch’s website, payroll, paperwork and correspondence
Researcher/ Community Building Coordinator for the AB540 Undocumented Students Research Initiative
UC Berkeley Center for Race and Gender
February 2011 – August 2011
- Outreach to staff, undocumented and AB540 students to support independent student networks and change campus policies
Instructor
UC Berkeley Gender & Women’s Studies Department
September 2010 – December 2010
- Prepare weekly discussion section activities
- Hold office hours
- Grade papers
Technical Producer
Free Speech Radio News, Berkeley CA
August 2008 – August 2009
- Edit and mix sound-rich radio stories on a tight daily deadline for an international newscast
- Direct technical production team, create and update training materials
- Advise reporters, radio stations and staff on technical issues relating to sound quality, uploading via ftp, and distribution to stations
- Coach, record and assist on-air talent with in-studio recording and phone interviews
- Proofread and re-write translated voice-overs for radio pieces
- Encode and upload audio files, text, and photos to website
- Archive all produced content
- Participate in collective management of the worker-run organization
Associate Producer
Making Contact/ National Radio Project, Oakland CA
August 2007 – January 2009
- Identify and research topic ideas for a weekly, half-hour public affairs radio show
- Report and produce 4-minute, 8-minute, and 29-minute radio stories
- Identify and record lectures and events to edit and air
- Assist Executive Producer with editing scripts and mixing audio files
- Encode and upload content for website
Education
Masters of Journalism – University of California at Berkeley
August 2009 – May 2011
- Concentrations in New Media and Investigative Reporting
Mandarin Chinese program – Beijing Language and Culture Institute
June 2006 – August 2006
Bachelor of Arts – Humanities – New College of California
June 2005 – May 2006
- Media and Globalization Studies
Skills
- Investigative reporting and research: Public records, databases, financial report analysis
- Audio: Sound Forge, Cool Edit Pro, GarageBand, Audacity
- Video: Final Cut Pro, iMovie
- Words: Writing and editing on deadline, copyediting
- Web and Multimedia: Xhtml, CSS, WordPress, Drupal, Flash
- Graphic Design: Adobe Photoshop CS4
Awards
Middlebury Environmental Journalism Fellowship
2013-2014